On 07 August 1574, whilst Elizabeth I and her Royal Court were in the midst of the queen's annual summer progress, one of the Ladies of the Royal Household, Douglas Howard, Lady Sheffield, who had remained behind, gave birth to a baby boy at Sheen House, located within the grounds of Richmond Palace, Surrey.

On This Day (21 April) in 1509, Henry VII died at Richmond Palace, aged 52, with his 17-year-old son Henry, succeeding him as Henry VIII.

Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, had survived the events of Jul 1553, those being the attempts to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne...